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Back XMM-Newton provides the first ever detection of X-ray emission from the jets of L1551 IRS5

XMM-Newton provides the first ever detection of X-ray emission from the jets of L1551 IRS5



The L1551 cloud as seen by XMM-Newtons EPIC-pn camera. The left-most X-ray point source is the one associated with L1551 IRS5. The others are background sources. (The vertical strip above the three sources is an artefact.)
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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